Geoff Collins talked about taking Georgia Tech back to the national conversation and being relevanent again after being hired and basically eluded to the fact the reason why Tech wasn't winning more games was due to their offense.

Below is the the raw viewership data for GT from 2012-2021:

Paul Johnson Era
2012 / 7-7
9/13 - VT.........................ESPN - 4.3M
10/6 - Clemson................ESPN - 1.4M
11/17 - Duke ...................ESPNU - 192K
11/24 - UGA.....................ESPN - 2.3M
12/1-FSU(ACC).................ESPN - 2M
12/31- SUN (USC).............CBS - 4M

2013 / 7-6
9/14 - Duke....................ESPNU - 161K
9/21 - UNC.....................ESPN - 2.3M
10/5 - Miami...................ESPNU - 857K
10/12 -BYU.....................ESPNU - 358K
11/2 - Pitt.......................ESPNU - 362K
11/30 - UGA....................ABC - 3.5M
12/30 - Music Ole Miss)....ESPN - 3.1M

2014 / 11-3
9/6 - Tulane.................ESPNNEWS - 304K
9/20 - VT.....................ESPN - 3.1M
10/4 - Miami................ESPN2 - 1.1M
10/18 - UNC................ESPNU - 461K
10/25 - Pitt.................ESPNU - 352K
11/1 - UVA..................ESPNU - 390K
11/15 - Clemson..........ESPN - 1.8M
12/6 -FSU(ACC)...........ABC - 10.15M
12/31 - OB (Miss St)....ESPN - 8.94M

2015 / 3-9
9/19 - ND...................NBC - 3.7M
9/26 -Duke.................ESPN2 - 775K
10/3 -UNC..................ESPNU - 386K
10/24 -FSU.................ESPN2 -1.94M
11/28 -UGA..............;.ESPN2 - 1.02M

2016 / 9-4
9/3 - BC (Dublin).........ESPN2 - 682K
9/22 -Clemson............ESPN -1.81M
10/1 -Miami................ESPN2 - 1.04M
11/12 -VT....................ESPNU - 377K
11/26 -UGA................SECN - 2.9M
12/31 - Gator (kentky)..ESPN -2.64M

2017 / 5-6
9/4 - Tennessee........ESPN - 5.1M
9/30 -UNC...............ESPN2 - 578K
10/14 -Miami............ABC - 3.38M
10/21 - WF...............ESPNU - 200K
10/25 -UGA.............ABC - 2.76M

2018 / 7-6
9/8 -USF....................ABC - 2.53M
9/22 -Clemson...........ABC -1.8M
10/5- Lou.................ESPN - 996K
10/25 -VT.................ESPN - 968K
11/10 -Miami...........ESPN2 - 551K
12/26 - Quick (Minn).ESPN - 2.68M

Geoff Collins Era
2019 / 3-9
11/21 -NC State.......ESPN - 558K
11/30 -UGA.............ABC- 2.3

2020 / 3-7
9/12 - FSU..................ABC - 3.52M (Georgia Tech-FSU, ABC rating is before the weather delay. ESPN2 portion is for the conclusion of the game at 1.2M)
9/19- UCF...................ABC - 3M
10/9- Lou....................ESPN - 1M
10/17- Clemson..........ABC - 2.25M
10/31- ND...................ABC - 3.77M

2021 / 3-9
9/18- Clemson..........ABC - 2.1M
11/20- ND................NBC- 1.45M
11/27-UGA...............ABC- 1.97M

Looking back to 2012 we can see that CPJ avg 7.3 games per year on National TV, while CGC has avg only 3.3 games are on National TV. ( Not RSN, SECN, ACCN, Ballys){https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/}


What does that mean? On Dec 17, 2013 the final ratings from the 2013 regular season of college football were released. Georgia Tech came in 45th with 1,496,000 viewers. {https://www.goodbullhunting.com/2013/12/17/5216550/college-football-tv-ratings-2013-regular-season-final-sec}

Between 2015-2019 Georgia tech lost TV viewers as the dropped to 56th with 615Kviewers. {https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-bring-in-the-most-tv-viewers-efc03c689e50}

In 2021 Georgia Tech lost even more viewers as they 61st with 459K viewers. {https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-the-most-watched-in-2021-49ef4f315858}

Only two previous Tech coaches started with three consecutive losing seasons. Bud Carson, who succeeded Dodd, was 12-18 after Year 3. Bill Lewis, who succeeded Bobby Ross, was 11-19 when he resigned under pressure. Collins is 9-25. In his first season his team lost to Virginia Tech by 45 points. His second season his team lost to Clemson by 66. Last season his team lost to Notre Dame by 55. For Geoff Collins’ #404Takeover to have any hope of occurring, the gap must narrow. It’s hard to imagine it narrowing enough for Tech to stand a chance vs UGA anytime soon, but it would be nice to see GT be competitive for at least a half maybe even an entire game. How deep is the divide vs UGA? On Nov 26, 2021 the Bulldogs rank first in ESPN’s football power index; Tech was 79th. UGA was also first in Bill Connelly’s SP+ ratings; Tech was 85th. Georgia was also first in Brian Fremeau’s efficiency ratings for Football Outsiders; Tech was 89th. Everyone saw the results: UGA 45 GT 0


Winning Cures Everything! As Coach Collins loses his TV viewership and season ticket holders, the question becomes how many winning seasons does it take to get the season ticket holders & viewership back?

Could Georgia Tech get the Waffle House CEO to really back some NIL efforts? That was one thing Geoff Collins did that I really liked was reaching out to that CEO.

Even though I'm a Dawg, I can tell you Jacket fans right now you need to do something similar with what Miami (FL) did: build a recruiting wall around Atlanta. And try to make Georgia Tech Atlanta's second favorite college team. That may sound insulting, but given Atlanta's dynamics, if I were in Geoff Collins shoes, that is exactly what I would do. Then, I would do everything in my power to make Georgia Tech Atlanta's favorite college team. (blecchhhh , can't believe I just said that as a Dawg!!!))

(06-23-2022 01:29 AM)DawgNBama Wrote:  Could Georgia Tech get the Waffle House CEO to really back some NIL efforts? That was one thing Geoff Collins did that I really liked was reaching out to that CEO.

Even though I'm a Dawg, I can tell you Jacket fans right now you need to do something similar with what Miami (FL) did: build a recruiting wall around Atlanta. And try to make Georgia Tech Atlanta's second favorite college team. That may sound insulting, but given Atlanta's dynamics, if I were in Geoff Collins shoes, that is exactly what I would do. Then, I would do everything in my power to make Georgia Tech Atlanta's favorite college team. (blecchhhh , can't believe I just said that as a Dawg!!!))

Nothing will change for the better until Collins wins or is replaced. We should have resolution on that the last week of November / first week of December.

I know that all of College football has taken a hit but what was eye opening to me was this:

2013: 1.4M GT TV viewers
2019: 615K GT TV viewers
2021: 459 GT TV Viewers

that is a loss of 1M in 7 years. I wonder how much is that do to Geoff Collins not being able to back up all the talk he did when he arrived or a combo of cord cutters and the Collins factor.

(06-23-2022 08:52 PM)GTFletch Wrote:  I know that all of College football has taken a hit but what was eye opening to me was this:

2013: 1.4M GT TV viewers
2019: 615K GT TV viewers
2021: 459 GT TV Viewers

that is a loss of 1M in 7 years. I wonder how much is that do to Geoff Collins not being able to back up all the talk he did when he arrived or a combo of cord cutters and the Collins factor.

High water mark.
At the time, a low water mark.
A newer lower water mark.

All fanbases tune in or tune out with success or failure.

It is sad that Georgia Tech is no longer a draw for TV audiences. Wake Forest Football is a stronger brand than Georgia Tech thanks to decision made to hire Geoff Collins. Georgia Tech, which is No. 1 with 24 RSN games over the last five years only confirms this! Add in 10 ACC Network games it is clear that we are only on ESPN/ABC when we play a team that draws an audience.

Link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...edit#gid=0

(06-27-2022 08:55 AM)GTFletch Wrote:  It is sad that Georgia Tech is no longer a draw for TV audiences. Wake Forest Football is a stronger brand than Georgia Tech thanks to decision made to hire Geoff Collins. Georgia Tech, which is No. 1 with 24 RSN games over the last five years only confirms this! Add in 10 ACC Network games it is clear that we are only on ESPN/ABC when we play a team that draws an audience.

Link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...edit#gid=0

What am I looking at in this spreadsheet? Is that ratings points? #100,000s of viewers? The order in which the games ranked by either of the above?

(06-27-2022 04:29 PM)ChrisLords Wrote:  

(06-27-2022 08:55 AM)GTFletch Wrote:  It is sad that Georgia Tech is no longer a draw for TV audiences. Wake Forest Football is a stronger brand than Georgia Tech thanks to decision made to hire Geoff Collins. Georgia Tech, which is No. 1 with 24 RSN games over the last five years only confirms this! Add in 10 ACC Network games it is clear that we are only on ESPN/ABC when we play a team that draws an audience.

Link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...edit#gid=0

What am I looking at in this spreadsheet? Is that ratings points? #100,000s of viewers? The order in which the games ranked by either of the above?

You are looking at a five year breakout into what ACC football teams have been selected for what Channel. The database is brokedown into the following categories.

1. ESPN/ESPN2/ABC/ESPNU
2. ACC Network
3. RSN (Bally Sports, Marquee and YES)
4. Streaming (ACCNX/ESPN+) or NBC or FOX or CBS

As anyone who knows about the Geoff Collins Georgia Tech era it is not going so well as GT is No. 1 with 24 RSN games over the last five years. This year our FCS game wasn't even picked up it by RSN and will have to be streamed on the ACCNX or ESPN+. #404DUMPSTERFIRE